Keywords: Huns empire.png El imperio huno se extendía desde las estepas de Asia Central hasta la actual Alemania y desde el Danubio hasta el Báltico This is a map of the empire of Attila the Hun circa 450 CE AD skettenploetskpoe jok odern borders The borders of Attila's empire are only approximate because The empire was a very loose collection of conquered peoples and did not have the structure of a formal empire such as the Persian or Roman Empires Records of the eastern and northern borders of Attila's empire are nearly non-existent The territories which paid protection fees or tribute to Attila should be marked out in a secondary color to show the true extent of his influence and the reach of his empire It is incorrect to regard cities like Constantinople who paid tribute to be independent or free states even if they maintained self governance Regardless of whether they fit the correct definition of colonies they where certainly not free The star shows the approximate location of the capital of Attila's empire It is not known with any certainty where the capital was actually located It was either based on the ruins of the Roman city of Acquincum today's Budapest or it was his mobile 'wooden castle' as described by Priscus Rhetor on his visit to Attila's camp which was based primarily in the Hungarian Great Plain somewhere near the Tisza River 2004-11-07 own assumed Ajvol References Bjorklund Oddvar; Holmboe Haakon; Rohr Anders 1970 Historical Atlas of the World Barnes Noble NY SBN 389-00253-4 Man John 2006 Attila The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome Thomas Dunne Books New York Shepherd William 1911 http //www lib utexas edu/maps/historical/shepherd_1911/shepherd-c-048 jpg The Roman and Hunnic Empires about 450 Historical Atlas New York Henry Holt and Company Maps of the Huns Maps of the history of Romania in ancient times Maps of Migration period Maps showing 5th-century history |